Persian Governor Tattenai's Inquiry on the Rebuilding of the Temple
Jerusalem, as part of the Persian Empire, lay in an area that the Persians called Across-the-River, to the west of the Euphrates.
After the Cyrus edict, Jews returning home to rebuild the temple were met with fierce political resistance. Those resisting the project turned maliciously to Tattenai, the governor of the region, trying to convince him to stop the project.
Ezra 5:3
At once Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues descended upon them and said this to them, “Who issued orders to you to rebuild this house and complete its furnishing?”
Confirmation of Tattenai political position has been found on a cuneiform tablet in the Tattannu Fragment Archive. The tablet is a promissory note dated to the 20th year of Darius I (502 BCE).
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Confirmation of the Persian Governor of Tattenai from the province of Beyond the River has been found on a cuneiform tablet in the Tattannu Fragment Archive. The tablet is a promissory note dated to the 20th year of Darius I (502 BCE).
In the Bible
At once Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues descended upon them and said this to them, “Who issued orders to you to rebuild this house and complete its furnishing?”
"בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא֩ אֲתָ֨ה עֲלֵיה֜וֹן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה וּשְׁתַ֥ר בּֽוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָֽתְה֑וֹן וְכֵן֙ אָֽמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לִבְּנֵ֔א וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה."
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